Cayucos vs Woodlands

A side-by-side comparison of Cayucos and Woodlands: population, income, housing, and more.

Cayucos and Woodlands are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cayucos has the higher population (2,517 vs 2,005 in Woodlands). Woodlands has the higher median household income ($160,694 vs $82,778 in Cayucos). Woodlands has the higher median home value ($1,070,000 vs $947,000 in Cayucos).

Population, income & housing

	Cayucos	Woodlands
Population	2,517	2,005
Median age	60.1 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,778	$160,694
Median home value	$947,000	$1,070,000
Median gross rent	$1,551	$2,875
Housing units	2,394	1,192
Homeownership rate	57.1%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	76.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayucos	Woodlands
Population	2,630 → 2,517 (-4.3%)	2,028 → 2,005 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$64,246 → $82,778 (+28.8%)	$134,054 → $160,694 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$770,100 → $947,000 (+23.0%)	$786,700 → $1,070,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,551 (+23.4%)	$3,246 → $2,875 (-11.4%)

Cayucos

Population

2,6302,517

Median household income

$64,246$82,778

Median home value

$770,100$947,000

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,551

Woodlands

Population

2,0282,005

Median household income

$134,054$160,694

Median home value

$786,700$1,070,000

Median gross rent

$3,246$2,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cayucos	Woodlands
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	0.6%
35 to 44	7.2%	1.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	23.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	24.2%	50.3%
75 and over	11.4%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayucos	Woodlands
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayucos	Woodlands
No high school diploma	3.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	15.6%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	39.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayucos	Woodlands
Drove alone	72.1%	55.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	40.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayucos	Woodlands
1-unit, detached	81.2%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cayucos	Woodlands
Poverty rate	6.0%	0.8%
Average household size	1.92	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	37	40
Median year structure built	1973	2012